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Nicaragua Seizes Assets of Jesuit University Accused of Terrorism

Jesuit-run Central American University of Nicaragua announced Wednesday the suspension of all its activities after a court ordered the confiscation of its property and...

Nicaraguan Church Prioritizes Dialogue in Response to Pope Francis’ Criticism of Ortega

The Church of Nicaragua trusts that dialogue will help solve the country's problems as it has done in the past, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes assured...

Nicaraguan Cardinal calls for prayer, urges against hatred for condemned bishop

Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes asked on Sunday to pray for Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez, sentenced on Friday to 26 years in prison after refusing...

Priests Ordained in Nicaragua are Asked to Leave

Foreign priests ordained in the Managua Seminary have asked to leave for their countries, which "undermines" the work of the Church in Nicaragua, Cardinal...

Nicaraguan bishop critical of government sent to trial

Nicaraguan bishop Rolando Alvarez, a critic of Daniel Ortega's government, was sent to trial Tuesday after a hearing in Managua, accused of conspiracy and...

Costa Rica welcomes Missionaries of Charity expelled by Nicaraguan government

The Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa of Calcutta were expelled from Nicaragua on Wednesday by Daniel Ortega’s government. They were momentarily welcomed in...

Ortega’s party in Nicaragua “seizes” five opposition municipalities and replaces mayors

Five mayorships in the hands of the Nicaraguan opposition were "arbitrarily seized" by councilmen of President Daniel Ortega's party, who appointed new pro-government mayors,...

Nicaragua grants Citizenship to collaborators of Honduran ex-president indicted for drug trafficking

The government of Daniel Ortega granted this Friday, Nicaraguan citizenship to two former ministers of Juan Orlando Hernandez, former president of Honduras extradited in...

Nicaragua Writers’ Center founded by poet Cardenal is outlawed

The Nicaraguan Writers Center (CNE), founded by the late poet, priest and critic of the government, Ernesto Cardenal, was outlawed on Wednesday along with...

In Nicaragua, Sandinistas march in support of Ortega

This government "is the best thing that could have happened to Nicaragua", said to AFP Faldeni Castro, who with her daughter in her arms...

Ortega authorizes Russian army to enter Nicaraguan territory

Daniel Ortega's regime invited the Kremlin forces to enter the Central American country for “law enforcement, humanitarian aid, rescue and search missions in emergencies...

Italian Valadier’s sacred art jewelry discovered in Nicaraguan cathedral

Several pieces of sacred art by the renowned Italian goldsmith Luigi Valadier (1726-1785) that were believed lost in Mexico were found in the Cathedral...

Nicaragua outlaws an additional 96 NGOs

Nicaragua's congress outlawed 96 other NGOs on Thursday, bringing to 440 the number of corporations dissolved by Daniel Ortega's government since the 2018 protests. Various...

Nicaraguan plantation workers ‘poisoned’ by pesticides fight for justice

Hundreds of Nicaraguan plantation workers left sick or sterile after working with a noxious pesticide in the 1970s were dealt a blow this week...
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Costa Rica Betting Operation Lands California Man in Federal Prison

A California man who survived an assassination attempt outside an Escazú café more than a decade ago has been sentenced to federal prison for...

More Than 2,100 Dead People Found in Costa Rica Social Aid Records

The Costa Rican institution that channels lottery profits into a fifth of the country's social protection spending did not report a single one of...

Costa Rica Orders Televisions Removed From Prison Cells

Costa Rica's Ministry of Justice and Peace has ordered the immediate removal of every television set from cells across the national prison system, the...

Sarapiquí Flooding Keeps 330 in Shelters as a Yellow Alert Holds

Four days after floodwaters came through Sarapiquí in the dark, the water has not gone down. More than 330 people are still in shelters....